A note about our rental car: There is a handy Hertz rental car facility located right in Vancouver's Pacific Central Station however for this trip we used Budget located at The Rise
26:00 mark: Thanks for the good-timing of being there to record the movement of the Hillcrest #1 Shay being moved. I'm hopeful to see it operating (pulling the visitor train) in 2024. That locomotive will be on outdoor display on the BC Day long-weekend, for people to admire it (August 5-7, 2023)
You used to be able to take Via Rail from Nanaimo to Courtenay on Vancouver Island on the old E&N lines twice daily. I'm not sure when that ended, but I used it last in the mid-90's.
A note about our rental car: There is a handy Hertz rental car facility located right in Vancouver's Pacific Central Station however for this trip we used Budget located at The Rise
26:00 mark: Thanks for the good-timing of being there to record the movement of the Hillcrest #1 Shay being moved. I'm hopeful to see it operating (pulling the visitor train) in 2024. That locomotive will be on outdoor display on the BC Day long-weekend, for people to admire it (August 5-7, 2023)
You used to be able to take Via Rail from Nanaimo to Courtenay on Vancouver Island on the old E&N lines twice daily. I'm not sure when that ended, but I used it last in the mid-90's.
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